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Board approves one-year continuation of Car Rigs audit contract while state reviews consecutive-engagement rules
Summary
With only one proposal received, the Clovis board approved a one-year award to Car Rigs/Ingram for audit services and will consider additional year-by-year extensions pending legal guidance from the state auditor's office on consecutive engagement limits.
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board approved a one-year continuation of audit services with Car Rigs/Ingram after staff reported the firm was the only proposer for the district's financial and compliance audit contract.
Finance staff told the board the audit rule limits consecutive engagements; the firm stated it is under new management and asked to continue. Staff contacted the state auditor's office for guidance; the state referred the question to its legal counsel. In the interim, administration proposed approving the firm for one year and, if state guidance permits, returning to the board to consider further extensions one year at a time.
A motion to award the contract for the coming year passed after a second; the transcript records one board opposition but the motion carried. Board members noted that the firm "has done a good job" historically and that the district had received few proposals this cycle.
What happens next: the district will award a one-year contract and await formal guidance from the state auditor's office on whether additional consecutive years can be approved; administration will return to the board if an extension beyond the next year is permissible.
